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52 Cards in this Set
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Aut- |
combining form self |
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crin- |
combining form (separate) secrete, secretion |
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esthe(s)- |
combining form sensation, sensitivity, sense |
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gen(e)-, -gen |
combining form come into being, produce |
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gram- |
combining form (something written) a record |
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graph- |
combining form write, record |
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Iatr- |
combining form healer, physician, treatment |
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Idi- |
combining form of one's self |
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kine- |
combining form move |
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Kines(i)- |
combining form movement, motion |
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Ly(s)- |
combining form destroy, break down |
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Myx- |
combining form mucus |
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Orth- |
combining form straight, erect, normal |
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Ot- |
combining form ear |
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Path- |
combining form (suffering), disease |
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Phil- |
combining form love, having an affinity for |
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Pt- |
combining form fall, sag, drop, prolapse |
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Pyr- |
combining form (fire) fever, burning |
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Pyret- |
combining form fever |
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Pyrex- |
combining form be feverish |
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Rhe- |
combining form (run) flow, secrete |
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Rhag- |
combining form (burst forth) flow profusely, hemorrhage |
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Rhex- |
combining form rupture |
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Rhin- |
combining form nose |
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Scop- |
combining form look at, examine |
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Sep- |
combining form (be purified) be infected |
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Ta- |
combining form stretching |
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Tel- |
combining form end, completion |
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Ten-, Tenon(t)- |
combining form tendon |
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Therap(eu)- |
treat medically, heal |
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Tom- |
combining form a cutting, slice, incision |
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Ton- |
combining form (a stretching) (muscular) tone, tension |
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-ectasia, -ectasis |
compound suffix form dilation, enlargement |
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-ectomy |
compound suffix form surgical excision, removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ |
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-gen |
compound suffix form substance that produces (something) |
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-genesis |
compound suffix form formation, origin |
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-genic |
compound suffix form causing, producing, caused |
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-genous |
compound suffix form by, produced by or in |
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-gram |
compound suffix form a record of the activity of an organ (often a x-ray) |
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-graph |
compound suffix form an instrument for recording the activity of an organ |
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-lysis |
compound suffix form (noun) dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration |
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-graphy |
compound suffix form 1. the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination) 2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject) |
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-lytic |
compound suffix form (adjective) pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis) |
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-pathy |
compound suffix form disease |
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-ptosis |
compound suffix form dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part) |
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-rrhagia |
compound suffix form profuse discharge, hemorrhage |
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-rrhea |
compound suffix form profuse discharge, excessive secretion |
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-rrhexis |
compound suffix form bursting (of tissues), rupture |
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-scope |
compound suffix form an instrument for examining |
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-scopy |
compound suffix form examination |
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-tome |
compound suffix form a surgical instrument for cutting |
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-tomy |
compound suffix form surgical incision |